Getting Started
CICS Interdepedency Analyzer consists of two parts.
1. A collector that can analyze CICS activity in running regions.
The collector monitors all calls to CICS and captures these in DB2 database
tables. Each call to CICS is called an interaction and consists of
a number of pieces of information, such as the region, transaction ID,
and name of the program that issues the CICS call.
Details about the CICS call itself such as the function name and the resource
type are also captured, together with additional information such as the
transient control block or whether a the transaction is associated with
a terminal.
2. The Interdependency Analyzer GUI (graphical user interface) client.
Use the GUI to analyze and explore the collected data about CICS interactions.
The GUI client requires the location of the DB2 database in which the Interdependency
Analyzer has stored data. Use the Connection
preferences window to enter this information.
When you have made a succesful connection between the client GUI and the
DB2 collector tables, you can search to find resources and analyze their
usage and dependencies.